STEVENS POINT, Wis.—A 14-year-old boy was charged Monday with first-degree reckless homicide, accused of supplying the prescription drugs that a friend took at a party before being found dead at a relative’s home the next day.

The victim, Tyler Trelka, 14, took as many as nine morphine and Vicodin pills from a cup of prescription medication the other boy gave to the group of teens at the get-together Friday, authorities said.

The defendant allegedly stole the pills from his parents.

Assistant District Attorney Veronica Isherwood said he investigators police at one point he was a good thief and was able to break into the lockbox.

Trelka told friends Friday night that he didn’t feel well after taking the pills, police said, and he was found dead of an overdose Saturday in the relative’s upstairs bedroom.

Both boys attended Ben Franklin Junior High School.

The defendant’s lawyer said she likely would seek to have him prosecuted as a juvenile, but state law required he be charged initially in adult court because of the seriousness of the crime.

Cash bond was set Monday at $50,000.

His next appearance in Portage County Circuit Court was scheduled Oct. 30.

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